IETF Logo Mail Archive

Re: [openpgp] OpenPGP Suite-B Profile vs. RFC 8423

Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> Tue, 02 March 2021 07:25 UTC

Return-Path: <wk@gnupg.org>
X-Original-To: openpgp@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: openpgp@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E4F33A279A for <openpgp@ietfa.amsl.com>; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 23:25:14 -0800 (PST)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -2.099
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.099 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no
Authentication-Results: ietfa.amsl.com (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=gnupg.org
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id GWIp7qzTYoe7 for <openpgp@ietfa.amsl.com>; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 23:25:12 -0800 (PST)
Received: from kerckhoffs.g10code.com (kerckhoffs.g10code.com [IPv6:2001:aa8:fff1:100::22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87F5B3A2798 for <openpgp@ietf.org>; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 23:25:12 -0800 (PST)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnupg.org; s=20181017; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=zKgBra5mdrrJh/bZNeD5C2va0TaYwCet4eTK0CeIbCQ=; b=RmgiaIxS4eTDMVot0zxDxRbAgs jfonhxw7rij/QqWAgBwEWOIxPunNp5jAsVK+qfZqnEb+h3NsumFScFKYpkmEWj8J6yLCy+tWhEO86 0rgxD5jUXzcKbcBVdkc+nIsOMesi7A59ExaHnjXzlcsoB1tGLm0/LtJ6QPpbddcEK/xU=;
Received: from uucp by kerckhoffs.g10code.com with local-rmail (Exim 4.89 #1 (Debian)) id 1lGzP3-0008Cz-06 for <openpgp@ietf.org>; Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:25:09 +0100
Received: from wk by wheatstone.g10code.de with local (Exim 4.92 #5 (Debian)) id 1lGzLL-0001R9-1m; Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:21:19 +0100
From: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
Cc: Masanori Ogino <masanori.ogino@gmail.com>, openpgp@ietf.org
References: <CAA-4+jd_AR6Yt8WvvEE_M+pj8hyJEhRVM8AsXLNHpHqA8jJQyQ@mail.gmail.com> <20210302055833.GY21@kduck.mit.edu>
Organisation: GnuPG e.V.
X-message-flag: Mails containing HTML will not be read! Please send only plain text.
Mail-Followup-To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>, Masanori Ogino <masanori.ogino@gmail.com>, openpgp@ietf.org
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:21:18 +0100
In-Reply-To: <20210302055833.GY21@kduck.mit.edu> (Benjamin Kaduk's message of "Mon, 1 Mar 2021 21:58:33 -0800")
Message-ID: <87pn0i6mxd.fsf@wheatstone.g10code.de>
User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=cypherpunk_mol_cryptographic_strategic_Cartel_de_Golfo_Burn_Deaths=S"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"
Archived-At: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/openpgp/QSrz1fQTqs0HOV5FUNBvkCMzol0>
Subject: Re: [openpgp] OpenPGP Suite-B Profile vs. RFC 8423
X-BeenThere: openpgp@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29
Precedence: list
List-Id: "Ongoing discussion of OpenPGP issues." <openpgp.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/openpgp>, <mailto:openpgp-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/openpgp/>
List-Post: <mailto:openpgp@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:openpgp-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/openpgp>, <mailto:openpgp-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2021 07:25:15 -0000

On Mon,  1 Mar 2021 21:58, Benjamin Kaduk said:

> Obsoleting (or maybe even just not describing; I didn't look at the current
> state of it) the Suite B profile seems worthwhile.

I would also suggest to remove any mention of the Suite B profile.

If we mention a specific local standard others countries may also want
to have their profiles mentioned (e.g. Brainpool in Europe).


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

-- 
Die Gedanken sind frei.  Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz.

v2.23.0 | Report a Bug | By Email